Implement-socket fastening.



J. W. RIDDELL.

IMPLEMENT SOCKET FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1914. RENEWED MAR. 16.1915.

1,1 39 724. Patented May 18, 1915.

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JOHN WALTER RIDDELL, F FELTON, ENGLAND.

IMPLEMENT-SOCKET FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed February 17, 1914, Serial No.819,180. Renewed March 16, 1915. Serial No. 14,772.

To all whom it may concern: r 7

Be it known that I, J OHN WALTER RID- DELL, farmer, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at High Moor, Felton, in the county of Northumberland', England, have invented a new and useful Implement- Socket Fastening; and I do "hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to split sockets for securing agricultural and other implements to their helves or handles such as those havshaped to engage with and be forced along y the side grooves in the said projecting ribs thereby bracing together the adjacent edges of the socket and firmly fixing the implement to its helve or handle. The socket, at r the bottom, is bored with hole through which is driven a nail or rivet to insure the implement being firmly fixed to its helve or handle. I i

The invention is applicable to various kinds of socketed agricultural implements but is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as applied to a hedge-cutter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan with blade edgewise. Fig. 2 is aside elevation and Fig. 3 a cross section through the line 11 Fig. 2 of a hedge-cutter whose'socket is secured to its helve or handle in accordance with this invention. Figs. 4 and 5 are views of the implement and the clip shown detached. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a tubular pin and screw shown in section, for more firmly fixing the socket to the handle. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which the ribs and the inner side edges of the metal clip are formed with teeth or serrations to engage with each other.

a is the blade of the hedge-cutter, b the edge of the blade, 0 itssocket which is divided longitudinally and is scalloped at (Z for lightness as shown.

Along the adjacent divided edges of the The U shaped clipping member is preferably I constructed of tempered rod steel so as to securely grip the side grooves g g and may be formed with inturned ends it to close over the ends of the ribs 6 6.

Further security is alforded by a rivet or nail j which is driven through a hole formed in the lower part of the socket 0 and through the shaft or handle. Instead of a rivet or nail a tubular pin may be employed as shown in Fig. 6 which is provided with a cross cut head and an internal screw thread at its opposite end into which is screwed a small screwk. By this means together with the, clip arrangement at the other end of the socket anew shaft can be readily fixed without in the least damaging the socket. V

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the ribs 6 e and the inner side edges of the clipping member f are formed with teeth ,or serrations z' which interlock and prevent the possibility of the clip leaving its place without the application of considerable pressure. 7

What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. 'An implement socket having a divided portion, ribs extending contiguous with the edges of the division respectively, and. a U- shaped clamping member embracing. said ribs.

2. An implement socket having a divide portion, ribs extending contiguous with the edges of the division respectively, a U- shaped' clamping member embracing said ribs, and cotiperating teeth on the abutting faces of the ribs and clamping member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

JOHN WALTER 'RIDDELL.

Witnesses:

HENRY MAXION WILSON, A. MrroHINsoN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five, cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G. I 

